Jakša is a South Slavic masculine given name and a surname.

The name is a hypocorism of the name Jakov.

Notable people with the name include:

Jakša Brežičić (), Serbian duke Jakša Cvitanić (born 1962), Croatian-American mathematician Jakša Račić (1868–1943), Croatian and Yugoslav politician Jakša Fiamengo (1946–2018), Croatian writer

(1936–2015), Slovenian painter and teacher See also

Jaksa

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